If I Needed Someone (track)
by The Beatles
Year: 1965
From the album Rubber Soul (track #13)
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If I Needed Someone appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- Rubber Soul (track #13) (this album) (1965)
- Yesterday And Today (track #8) (compilation) (1966)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #87) (compilation) (1988)
- Love Songs (track #3) (compilation) (1977)
- The Beatles In Mono (track #82) (compilation) (2009)
- Mono Collection (track #82) (compilation) (1982)
- The Beatles (track #82) (compilation) (2009)
- The Collection (track #82) (compilation) (1982)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/09/2025 23:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 50,225 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 05:22 |  II | 4,098 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 06:59 | culwin | 19,780 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2025 20:28 |  Norshammar | 1,095 | 89/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 08:59 | Arnio | 173 | 64/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.8/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.
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Squonk007 01/07/2024 15:14 | #300964
Simple but effective.
Great track :)
Another decent George Harrison contribution to the album. Lovely sounds from that Rickenbacker guitar, and although it's not one of the best songs from Rubber soul, it still shows that Harrison's songwriting was certainly improving with each album. Good song.
nice
Grzywa 02/27/2016 14:26 | #160869
The first truly great George's song. He wrote some better ones, but this is where it really started.
Super cool guitar lick and great driving acoustic guitar that keeps the song snappy. The way the vocals build in harmony is a nice addition. A nice guitar solo with a ton of Byrds influence.
Romanelli 03/25/2014 18:28 | #107484
Agreed! Great melody, and great harmonies as well. And the guitar riff is tasty as well.
Jasonconfused 01/27/2013 01:02 | #62963
Great melody.
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